GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series is an annual award that honors miniseries and anthology series for excellence in the treatment of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) characters and themes. It is one of several categories of the annual GLAAD Media Awards, which are presented by GLAAD—an American non-governmental media monitoring organization—at ceremonies held primarily in New York City and Los Angeles between March and May.

GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Awarded for	Excellence in depiction of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community in miniseries / anthology series
Venue	Varies
Country	United States
Presented by	GLAAD
Currently held by	The White Lotus (2023)

GLAAD recognized the ABC miniseries The Women of Brewster Place at the 1st GLAAD Media Awards in 1990. In 1994, Fox's Doing Time on Maple Drive became the first television film to be recognized by GLAAD, in the Outstanding TV Movies category. Following this, various television films and miniseries would be recognized as separate categories. By the 14th GLAAD Media Awards, in 2003, GLAAD merged the two categories into one named Outstanding Television Film, with HBO's film The Laramie Project winning. At the 19th GLAAD Media Awards in 2008, the category was expanded to also include anthology series, with Here's The DL Chronicles winning. The award remained as such until the 31st GLAAD Media Awards in 2020, where it was separated into two distinct categories: one for television films, the other for limited or anthology series. Further changes took place in 2023 during the 34th GLAAD Media Awards, where television films became part of the Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV category. Despite these reorganizations, GLAAD considers the television films recognized from 2020 to 2022 as part of this award category.

For a limited or anthology series to be eligible, it must include at least one LGBT character in a leading, supporting, or recurring capacity. The award may be accepted by any of the series' producers, writers, or actors. Limited and anthology series selected by GLAAD are evaluated based on four criteria: "Fair, Accurate, and Inclusive Representations" of the LGBT community, "Boldness and Originality" of the project, significant "Impact" on mainstream culture, and "Overall Quality" of the project. GLAAD monitors mainstream media to identify which series will be nominated, while also issuing a Call for Entries that encourages media outlets to submit programmes for consideration. By contrast, in order for series created by and for LGBT audiences to be considered for nomination, they must be submitted after the Call for Entries. Winners are determined by a plurality vote by GLAAD staff and its board, Shareholders Circle members, volunteers and affiliated individuals.

Since its inception, the award has been given to 35 works. The only anthology series to have received multiple nominations are FX's American Horror Story and HBO's The White Lotus, both of which have only won once. American Horror Story won for its second season—subtitled Asylum—in 2013, while The White Lotus won for its second season at the 34th GLAAD Media Awards in 2023.

Winners and nominations

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

1990s

1990s winners and nominees

Award year	Work	Network	Ref(s).
1990 (1st)	The Women of Brewster Place ‡	ABC
1991 (2nd)	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit ‡	PBS
1993 (4th)	Doing Time on Maple Drive ‡	Fox
1994 (5th)	And the Band Played On ‡	HBO
1995 (6th)	Tales of the City ‡	PBS
1996 (7th)	Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story ‡	NBC
1997 (8th)	Two Mothers for Zachary ‡	ABC
	Losing Chase	Showtime
1998 (9th)	Any Mother's Son ‡	Lifetime
	Breaking the Code	PBS
	In the Gloaming	HBO
	The Twilight of the Golds	Showtime
1999 (10th)	More Tales of the City ‡	Showtime
	Blind Faith	Showtime
	Gia	HBO
	Labor of Love	Lifetime
	My Own Country	Showtime

2000s

2000s winners and nominees

Award year	Work	Network	Ref(s).
2000 (11th)	Execution of Justice ‡	Showtime
	The Unknown Cyclist	Starz
2001 (12th)	If These Walls Could Talk 2 ‡	HBO
	Chutney Popcorn	Sundance TV
	Common Ground	Showtime
	Holiday Heart
	The Truth About Jane	Lifetime
2002 (13th)	What Makes a Family ‡	Lifetime
	Anatomy of a Hate Crime	MTV
	Further Tales of the City	Showtime
	A Glimpse of Hell	FX
	Stranger Inside	HBO
2003 (14th)	The Laramie Project ‡	HBO
	The Badge	Starz
	Bobbie's Girl	Showtime
	The Matthew Shepard Story	NBC
2004 (15th)	Angels in America ‡	HBO
	Cambridge Spies	BBC America
	Normal	HBO
	Soldier's Girl	Showtime
	Tipping the Velvet	BBC America
2005 (16th)	Jack ‡	Showtime
	The Blackwater Lightship	CBS
2006 (17th)	The Long Firm ‡	BBC America
	Partner(s)	Lifetime
2007 (18th)	A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story ‡	Lifetime
	Wedding Wars	A&E
2008 (19th)	The DL Chronicles ‡	Here
	Daphne	Logo
	The State Within	BBC America
2009 (20th)	East Side Story ‡	Logo
	Affinity	Logo
	Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Here
	Oh Happy Day	Logo
	On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery	Here

2010s

2010s winners and nominees

Award year	Work	Network	Ref(s).
2010 (21st)	Prayers for Bobby ‡	Lifetime
	An Englishman in New York	Logo
	Pedro	MTV
	Torchwood: Children of Earth	BBC America
2012 (23rd)	Cinema Verite ‡	HBO
2013 (24th)	American Horror Story: Asylum ‡	FX
	Hit & Miss	Audience
	Political Animals	USA
2014 (25th)	Behind the Candelabra ‡	HBO
	In the Flesh	BBC America
2015 (26th)	The Normal Heart ‡	HBO
2016 (27th)	Bessie ‡	HBO
	Banana	Logo
	Cucumber
2017 (28th)	Eyewitness ‡	USA
	London Spy	BBC America
	Looking: The Movie	HBO
	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again	Fox
	Vicious: The Finale	PBS
2018 (29th)	When We Rise ‡	ABC
	American Horror Story: Cult	FX
	Feud: Bette and Joan
	Godless	Netflix
	Queers	BBC America
2019 (30th)	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story ‡	FX
	American Horror Story: Apocalypse	FX
	Life-Size 2	Freeform
	Sense8: Amor Vincit Omnia	Netflix
	A Very English Scandal	Amazon

2020s

2020s winners and nominees

Award year	Work	Network	Ref(s).
2020 (31st)	Limited Series
	Tales of the City ‡	Netflix
	Mrs. Fletcher	HBO
	The Red Line	CBS
	When They See Us	Netflix
	Years and Years	HBO
	TV Movie
	Transparent: Musical Finale ‡	Amazon Prime Video
	Deadwood: The Movie	HBO
	Let It Snow	Netflix
	Rent: Live	Fox
	Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story	Lifetime
2021 (32nd)	Limited Series
	I May Destroy You ‡	HBO
	Dispatches from Elsewhere	AMC
	The Haunting of Bly Manor	Netflix
	Hollywood
	Little Fires Everywhere	Hulu
	TV Movie
	Uncle Frank ‡	Amazon Studios
	Alice Júnior	Netflix
	Bad Education	HBO
	The Christmas House	Hallmark Channel
	The Christmas Setup	Lifetime
	Dashing in December	Paramount Network
	La Leyenda Negra	HBO Latino/HBO Max
	The Thing About Harry	Freeform
	Unpregnant	HBO Max
	Your Name Engraved Herein	Netflix
2022 (33rd)	TV Movie
	Single All the Way ‡	Netflix
	The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls	Hallmark Channel
	The Fear Street Trilogy	Netflix
	Nash Bridges	USA Network
	Under the Christmas Tree	Lifetime
	Limited or Anthology Series
	It's a Sin ‡	HBO Max
	Dopesick	Hulu
	Halston	Netflix
	Little Birds	Starz
	Love Life	HBO Max
	Master of None Presents: Moments in Love	Netflix
	Rūrangi	Hulu
	Station Eleven	HBO Max
	Vigil	Peacock
	The White Lotus	HBO
2023 (34th)	The White Lotus ‡	HBO
	American Horror Story: NYC	FX
	The Ignorant Angels	Hulu
	The Best Man: The Final Chapters	Peacock
	Welcome to Chippendales	Hulu
2024 (35th)	Fellow Travelers ‡	Showtime
	Black Cake	Hulu
	Bodies	Netflix
	The Confessions of Frannie Langton	BritBox
	The Fall of the House of Usher	Netflix
	The Full Monty	FX on Hulu
	The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart	Amazon Prime Video
	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	Netflix
	Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
	Transatlantic

Notes

1. The Shareholders Circle consists of individuals who have made a donation of $1,500 or more.
2. Given as a Vito Russo Film Award

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